Uthema is a Maldivian NGO registered in 2016 with the Ministry of Home Affairs to advocate for gender equality and women's empowerment in the Maldives.
Uthema seeks to understand the lived experiences of women in the Maldives and use that knowledge to advocate for positive change to improve the lives of women.
We have a particular interest in research, knowledge building and sharing as well as creating constructive conversations on the status of women in the Maldives.
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In the Maldives, 54% of registered farmers are women.
Short clip on the lived realities of a woman subsistence farmer who has to juggle the responsibilities of unpaid care-work - family and household management, while maintaining a small-holding.#Uthema#CFLI#Canada#women#livelihoods#informalsector#Maldives

In a centralised governance system where essential healthcare services often have to be sought far from home in Male' City involving travel across the seas, a subsistence farmer's options to sustain a livelihood is fraught with barriers.

A short clip on the impact of climate change and weather patterns on the lives and livelihoods of Maldivian women subsistence farmers, struggling to sustain livelihoods in increasingly challenging situations. There is no enabling policy environment for women subsistence farmers in the Maldives.

Despite the efforts of four sisters over three decades to build a small business selling short-eats, they continue to struggle to sustain and develop their business. The absence of an enabling and supportive policy environment for small businesses remains a major barrier for women to transition from the informal sector in the Maldives.

In the Maldives, 54% of registered farmers are women. This clip highlights on the lived realities of a woman subsistence farmer who has to juggle the responsibilities of unpaid care-work family and household management, while maintaining a small-holding.
https://www.facebook.com/819186004888909/posts/1817324465075053/?d=n

In a centralised governance system where essential healthcare services often have to-be sought far from home in Male' City involving travel across the seas,subsistence farmer's options to sustain a livelihood is fraught with barriers as shown in this clip
https://www.facebook.com/819186004888909/posts/1816245175182982/?d=n

There needs enabling policy environment women subsistence farmers in Maldives recognizing their realities and struggles to sustain livelihoods in increasingly challenging situations due to climate change issues as shown in this clip. https://www.facebook.com/819186004888909/posts/1815198561954310/?d=n

Lack of enabling & supportive policy environment for small businesses remains a major barrier for women to transition from the informal sector in the Maldives,as shown in this story of 4 sisters who have been doing short-eat business for 3 decades. #CFLI
https://www.facebook.com/819186004888909/posts/1814287965378703/?d=n

Great read by Marwa Sharafeldin of @musawah on how inequality in family law is exacerbated by the ongoing #COVID19 crisis. @jadaliyya welcomes contributions around this topic. https://twitter.com/jadaliyya/status/1267806962194022400

“We are told today that family law reform is not a priority, but COVID-19 has come to show us the high price of not paying attention to the inequality lurking in our family laws and practices.” #FreeOurFamilyLaws

“Despite being a significant percentage of the national workforce, women in the informal sector (40%) faces major challenges to obtain access to public resources, finance and an enabling policy environment to sustain livelihoods”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUJirqr0lr8
https://www.facebook.com/819186004888909/posts/1812490892225077/?d=

The Economic Impacts on Women Under #COVID19
The study sample consisted of 121 women, and according to the work situation, they were divided into 51% working-49% homemakers.
#Stories_of_Women_in_the_Days_of_Pandemic
#A_Study_on_the_Effects_of_Covid19_on_the_Marginalized_Women